Amazon Rainforest facts for actions

The longer we allow carbon emissions to increase the more challenging it will be to reduce them to within acceptable limits. Amazon rainforest is of the greatest concerns for humankind, not only to be protected because of its beauty, biological diversity and healing effects but without Amazon rainforest, the chances for human survival next century will become impossible. Amazon rainforest fact for action is a part of the post See full slideshow researchAmazon rainforest deforestation – today’s actions create tomorrows karma.

Landmass

If Amazonia were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world.

Amazon drainage basin covers 40% of South Americas continent with a landmass of 8 million km2.

The Amazon rainforest territory belonging to nine nations, whereof the majority (60%) of the forest is contained within Brazil, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with smaller amounts in, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

The rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land surface, however, today only 6% of Earth ’s surface.

Amazon air

Amazon rainforest recycles carbon dioxide into oxygen and produces about 20% percent of Earth’s total oxygen.